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By Eric Niderost
Lieutenant John Bulkeley knew something was in the wind when General Douglas MacArthur invited him for an informal lunch at his headquarters on Topside, the highest elevation on the island fortress of Corregidor. The date was March 1, 1942, and American and Filipino forces on nearby Bataan were besieged by a powerful Japanese army. Lacking adequate air cover, wracked by tropical disease, MacArthur’s men where short of supplies, ammunition, and hope.
In spite of everything, t
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Thank you for the amazing story. Our nation was built on the backs of heroes that should never be forgotten.
Excellent Story
I am writing about the cook Willard Reynolds that was on PT-34 and eventually killed at Cebu, This gives me a insight of what he went through during the McArthur evacuation.
thanks
I see you are writing a book about Willard Reynolds, the cook on PT 34. My father-in-law was also on PT 34 from 6 January until the dissolution of MTB3. He knew Reynolds and told me a couple of very brief stories about him. My father-in-law’s story is told in my book The Expendable. I would be most interested in reading your story of Reynolds when it is publicly available. My email address is below.
John Lewis Floyd, MD
http://www.expendable.us
Jnbrare@gmail.com